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Brakel
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Dutch
Etymology
(Gelderland) First attested as brakel in 1212. Compound of nl gem-pro *brakô- twig, branch, undergrowth and nl lo light forest.
(Noord-Brabant) First attested as ten breekelen in 1422. Presumably derived from a suffixed form of nl braak intensively ploughed land, heath converted to farmland. Compare the toponym in Gelderland.
Pronunciation
nl /ˈbraː.kəl/
nl Nl-Brakel.ogg
nl Bra kel
nl aːkəl 2
Proper noun
n
nl village/and/former municipality mun/Zaltbommel p/Gelderland c/Netherlands
nl hamlet mun/Goirle p/North Brabant c/Netherlands
Derived terms
nl Brakelaar
nl Brakels
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